Improvement in hemp-hakvesteks



R, o. WRENN, 10F WAVERLY, MISSOURI;

Laim Patent No. 75,103, zatedlMmt 3, 1868.

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= B e it known that I, R. C. WRENN, of Waverly, in the county of La Fayette, and= St ate of Missouri, have invented a new and improved Hemp-Dropping Attachment lto Reapers; and I do herebyjdeclare that the follow"-` `i ng is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to-mahe and use the vsaine, reference being had 'to theaccompanying drawings, forming pa'rt of this specification, in whichstructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described.

Figure 1 is a top view. of my improvedhemp-dropping attachment to a reaper ormower.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Similar letters of Areference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this inventioniis to remove the cut hemp, as the reaper moves forward,x out of the way ofthe machine and the horses for the passage'of the reaper on thenext round, and thus prevent the tangling -of the hemp-stalks.

The improvement consists in an attachment to any rea-per or mower for cutting hemp, and the advantage is not only the keeping the heinp'in better order, 'but a great economy, as it will save-the labor of three men, now required for the purpose of removing the cut hemp out of the way of the machine# I 4A represents the sickle-bar 'ofan'l ordinary reaping-machina-and B the dividenthe rest of the machine being generally constructed as usual. Immediately behind the cutter-bar, and flush with it, is a-at board, C,

to which isattached a sheet-iron or other suitable apron, D, which is secured t'o the board at its lower edge, while its 'side is'fastened to an upright, E, made fast to the divider B. The apron D is made curving, like the mould-board of a plough, being so shaped as to turn the hemp-stalks from the side of the divider, and discharge them in the rear of the machine, away from the uncut hemp, so as to leave a. clear`space next to it for the passage of the reaper and the horses on the next round. On both sidesof'- the machinek are guide-bars, a a, which gather and compress the hemp-stalks as they are cut and fall -back behind the cutter-bar.. A seat'and support for the feet Willbe provided for the operator while he divides the hemp 'with a fork, and helps it olf in bundles.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In combination with amachine for cutting hemp, the curved' apron D, placed 'behind the cutter-bar, con- R. C. WRENN. `Witnessesi:

JAMEsM. PsLoT,

W. B. McFAnLAND St C0'. 

